It may be the smallest, shortest chorus dance ever recorded. An international team of researchers observed how electrons, excited by ultrafast light pulses, danced in unison around a particle less ...

What makes something quantum? This question has kept a small but dedicated fraction of the world’s population – most of them ...

Researchers have demonstrated a new technique that uses light to tune the optical properties of quantum dots -- making the process faster, more energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable -- ...

When atoms collide, their exact structure—for example, the number of electrons they have or even the quantum spin of their ...

Many objects that we normally deal with in quantum physics are only visible with special microscopes—individual molecules or ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking atom interferometer capable of amplifying faint signals by 1,000 times — making it ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new technique for measuring the quantum state of electrons ejected ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully measured the quantum state of electrons ejected from atoms that have ...

A new method finally reveals the full quantum identity of electrons, offering insights that could transform material science ...

The approach, called the Beryllium Electron capture in Superconducting Tunnel junctions experiment (BeEST) works because the ...

Researchers at Tohoku University tested a strategy for developing single-atom catalysts that may help us develop more ...